Chapter 34 – Bargaining – 3
– Dalgrak!
Things in the room began to rattle and move, starting with a noise made by the vibrating dishes on the table.
Sooner than that.
Noticing the harbinger of a huge flow of magic power rushing in an instant, he looked away.
“Father.”
Aidan hyung-nim called his father.
Golden magic shimmering in his father’s dark golden eyes. Magical power like a haze that started from that began to flow from my father’s body.
At Aidan’s words, the father’s gaze turned to us.
With that one action, it felt as if I would suffocate from the magic power that filled the room.
My brother and I are fine. In fact, there is one person who is almost dying.
“Keugh… !”
Overwhelming density. I checked the state of Train Muller, who had collapsed on the sofa in a state of near fainting from the flow of magical power that should have no weight. He collapsed on the sofa and was breathing hard, but fortunately, his body seemed to have no problems. I wondered if I should take action, but lending a hand too much would be a nuisance.
“Excuse me for a moment.”
In that state, get up, move closer to the window, lift the curtains and look outside.
The daytime blue sky I looked up at began to turn yellow.
The blue sky and pure white clouds turn golden, just like the evening glow when the sun sets.
The sunset spread over the city sky.
In the legend of the golden lion, there is a story like this. A story about a golden lion bringing victory and prosperity to the sky dyed red and yellow like dusk.
The figure of the father, dyed in gold, looks like something from an old legend or myth. It was not strange that the ancient people saw this figure and thought it was a god or a messenger of a god, gathering reverence and worshiping it like a god.
It was a spectacle when he concentrated the magic in his eyes and checked the situation inside the city.
The normal daily life of all commoners who used to live in the city has stopped. Stop all activities, get down on your knees, and start praying. They know too Now who caused this phenomenon. What belonged to their masters whom they feared above all else. With fear and awe, the elderly recited the prayers of the golden lion, who had already disappeared, looking up at the sky with the hope that this anger would disappear, just waiting for this time to pass.
Under.
I’m doomed
“Father. Calm down.”
“… Whoa.”
He sighed after calling it once more, and his father adjusted his mana.
Only then will the sky dyed yellow regain its original color.
The eldest son’s vassal must still be in the castle.
You might notice something.
“I got a fever right away. I’m sorry.”
“Cool, cool… ! Oh no… !”
Chucktrain Müller, who was as calm as possible, regained his senses and answered, but he could see fear in his father’s eyes.
In fact, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen my father’s sincerity. That’s great too. When I looked at my father, he seemed to have calmed down.
He looked at his brother and pointed to the meeting place, and he shook his head. It’s not the past, and once you’ve come to the territory as a messenger, you should guarantee your body’s safety.
I smiled bitterly and looked at my father, who was still angry.
My father prefers to be aristocratic.
A tradition that has been handed down since time immemorial. His father, who sincerely believes that the life of protecting the people and ruling the territory from outsiders is a truly valuable life, likewise has great pride in his lineage.
He respects not only his father himself, but all nobles in their own way. Even if it’s a low-ranking opponent, his father’s manners are not only respectful to the opponent, but also because he has pride in the Franz family lineage in his father’s own body.
The act that the father, who lives such a high level of pride in lineage, hates the most is the act of lowering himself.
Human ranching, forced breeding, breeding… Etc.
“There are people who still do that.”
My father’s expression darkened.
It was said that such a thing had happened in the past, in times of war. If there were aristocrats who defended the honor of their family even if they were defeated, or nobles who bowed down to their opponent’s family, those who abandoned both honor and face and did not choose any means and methods to win.
This is the type of person my father hates the most.
“… After that happened, infighting began in earnest. It was judged that the head of the household had crossed the road, and thereafter his successor was stripped of his position. Since then, he has stopped working for Yeongji, saying that his work ends here.”
Mmm.
No matter how ill he is, he continues to confine himself even though the situation has reached this point.
“But he’s not going to give up easily.”
“Yeah. In fact, since then, a fierce struggle between the eldest son and the second son has begun. Of course, we didn’t fight openly, but…”
The size of the power was bigger on the side of the second son, Tyrus Müller. The vassals who became dissatisfied with Tirson Müller’s rule, or whose property was actually taken, joined the Chanampa.
However, one of the reasons why Tirson Müller originally took the position of successor is because of magic.
“Individual force was in Tirson Müller’s favor. In fact, there are some vassals who went over to the eldest son’s faction when a full-scale infighting began because of that.”
But it wasn’t to the point of being unstoppable.
The civil war that started like that lasted longer than anyone expected, and Franz eventually noticed the atmosphere of the territory that had been narrowly hidden.
Müller, who noticed Franz’s behavior, said that the eldest son and the second son sent envoys separately.
“Indeed. Well sir.”
I thought after hearing the story of Train Müller.
In any case, there is nothing unusual from our point of view to get Müller’s land. There’s no way the person sent by the second son could say anything good about Tirson Müller. It was said from the point of view of the hostile person, so it was enough to listen with moderate filtering. It is just a matter of confirming the facts by comparing the report to be uploaded by the envoy sent by the eldest son and the vassal who met later.
The problem is the date of the last mating. If this part is real, you’d be right to think that Tirson Müller was already dead at the hands of his father.
What happened after that is a problem, but they said they killed Tirson Müller, so good job, we withdraw. Then rule the territory well. It doesn’t end there. It is true that Tyrus Müller also failed to fulfill his duties as a nobleman, so there is no problem with justification.
So the story goes back to the beginning.
“We, the Second Nampa, including Tyrus Müller, want to surrender.”
“Hmm.”
Surrender.
His words were simple.
“I give up all rights, including ownership of the estate.”
Train Müller bowed and announced his intention to surrender.
Hand over all property owned by the family. The property also included manor.
“Even if it’s from the family, how did you overcome the opposition from the vassals?”
“They know. That there is no future like this. If so, you should stick to a better place.”
Train Müller smiled bitterly. At least, I don’t want to bet on Tirson Müller, the eldest son. Having said that, he said two things he wanted.
Instead of surrendering, Tyrus Müller wants to be assured by Franz.
“One is about the vassals who supported Tyrus Müller. At least I hope there is some compensation for them. As their master, they want to give the vassal who follows them the minimum price of loyalty. I want to do my duty as a noble. This is Tyrus-sama’s will.”
“I admire Tyrus Müller’s will to protect the pride of the nobility. However, there is no place in Franz for those who lack ability.”
Even if Franz sends talent anyway, there is a limit. If it’s a talent with useful skills, I’ll use it as it is.
At his father’s words, Train Müller put on a satisfied expression saying that that was enough, and then said the last condition.
And before speaking, he looked at me.
“Second, he wants Müller’s blood to continue to be inherited.”
“Hmm.”
My father thought about this for a while.
Hoping to inherit Müller’s blood means wanting the survival of the direct line.
Currently, the Müller family is directly descended from the eldest son, Tirson Müller, and one of his sons. They have a second son, Tyrus Müller, and a daughter, Triana Müller.
“Tirus Müller wants the death of Tirson Müller and his family by hanging himself. After that, he wants the bloody succession of the remaining child as the concubine of the second son, Leoric Franz.”
Risking his own life, he dispels any suspicion of future treason. I will block the causes that could be justifications for other territories. And the only remaining daughter of Müller’s blood is handed over to Franz’s second son to inherit Müller’s legacy.
Well, I expected.
My father and older brother Aidan were also listening to the story without any change in their expressions, as if they had expected it.
“In return, I will give everything to the Müller family.”
Train Müller said that with a face that gave up everything.
